Friday, March 4, 2011

Singapore Local News, 2011-03-04



    Property cooling measures taking effect: Data
The Government's property measures - both on demand and supply - have started to have a stabilising effect, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday, citing the latest housing data......

   
    The 'inheritance' scam is back ...
The infamous "inheritance" scammers are up to their old tricks again, this time by capitalising on the names of the Ministry of Finance and its minister, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, only days after he unveiled Budget 2011 on Feb 18......

    Budget 2011: Singapore to partner UK centre on climate change studies
Singapore is building up its capabilities in climate science and modelling to better understand regional and local climate patterns and predict future climate changes......

Football legends Pele and Cantona visit Singapore Sports school
Football legends Pele and Eric Cantona, together with American football star Cobi Jones, Cosmos Associate Director of Football, dropped in at the Singapore Sports School to officially open the re-turfed football pitch......

More mainland Chinese investing in Singapore property for the long-term
There was a record number of mainland Chinese home buyers in the last quarter of 2010, according to data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)......

Budget 2011: Khaw speaks of scope to develop niche in TCM
Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan believes there is scope for Singapore to develop a niche role in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)......

Budget 2011: Food caterers to time-stamp packet meals
The government is taking another step to enhance food hygiene in Singapore......

Budget 2011: New hospital in Sengkang by 2020
The new general hospital that has been planned in Sengkang to serve residents in northeastern Singapore will be ready by 2020 and will come with adjoining community hospital facilities......

Consumer Protection Act's scope expanded
The Consumer Protection Act has been expanded to give authorities more teeth in dealing with suppliers whose products turn out to be unsafe. This will come into effect from 1 April......

Water deal expiry no impact on S'pore
The Singapore government has once again reiterated that the expiry of the 1961 Water Agreement with Malaysia will have no impact on the Singapore's water supply and water tariffs......

S'pore steps up recycling effort
Singapore will enhance its National Recycling Programme (NRP) by providing one recycling bin for every HDB block with daily collection......

River Valley High's top through-train student
The 'A' level results are out and the 2010 cohort did better than the previous cohort, with 90.8% of students scoring a pass in at least three H2 subjects and in General Paper or Knowledge and Inquiry......

Human smuggler's death probed
A Malaysian human smuggler who died after his speedboat crashed into a Singapore Police Coast Guard (PCG) vessel was possibly under the influence of controlled drugs when the incident took place......

Fire at Defu Lane factory
A two-storey factory at Defu Lane 4 caught fire on Friday morning, with no injuries reported......

Budget 2011: Ways to hit productivity target
Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang said there were four levels of productivity improvements to be made, to achieve the productivity growth target of two to three per cent per year......

SAF to get new army chief
There will be a new Chief of Army from March 25......

Mental Wellbeing Scale introduced
The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has introduced the Singapore Mental Wellbeing Scale, the first-of-its-kind developed in Asia......

Netball: A dash of international flavour to spice up the league
Back for its 12th edition, the NTUC FairPrice Foundation Netball Super League (March 5 to April 16) will see some exciting new faces from netball nations Fiji, Tanzania and Papua New Guinea this year......

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